Book: Where The Wild Things Are
Author and Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 1984
Picture Book
Lexile Score: AD740L
Target Audience: ages 4-8 years old
Brief Summary
Max is a troublemaker in his home. After being sent to his room without dinner one night, Max is transported to a different place where all the wild things are. He tames the beasts with a magic trick and they crown him and treat him like royalty. He throws a big party with the beasts and then demands them to stop and sends them to sleep without any dinner. He gets bored and wants to go where he is loved. He returns back to his bedroom where he finds a nice hot dinner waiting for him.
Evaluation: 27/32
Illustration - 4
Storyline - 4
Appropriateness -3
Problems/Resolutions - 4
Stereotyping - 3
Relatability - 3
Readability/Cohesiveness - 3
Critical Thinking - 3
I'm not sure I would use this story in a classroom but more like recommend this story to be taught at home between a child and his/her parents. The book does not require too much critical thinking but it does allow students to think about the way they act at home and how they treat their parents. It shows a child that they may feel mistreated but they are always loved.
I'm not sure I would use this story in a classroom but more like recommend this story to be taught at home between a child and his/her parents. The book does not require too much critical thinking but it does allow students to think about the way they act at home and how they treat their parents. It shows a child that they may feel mistreated but they are always loved.
Literary Elements
1. Run-On Sentence - This book contains a few run-on sentences but they are used to get the point across and to show the reader that a lot is going on at that time.
2. Personification - The author creates the idea that the beasts are living humans and they do as humans do when in all actuality that is not true.
3. Symbolism - This book shows a great deal of symbolism when Max becomes king and he manages to "tame" the beasts and goes home to a hot meal. This is symbolizing the times when rulers and kings would "tame" those they thought were not normal enough for them and then return home to a feast as if they were heroes. If I were to teach this as a lesson, I would show how it was back in history and how it compares to the storyline of this book. The students could make connections and see how as writers, they could make connections and symbolize different ideas in their own writing.
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